Africana Studies

A Guide to African, African American, and Africans in the Diaspora Resources

Slavery and the Law

 

 Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811

ProQuest History Vault

http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=e1001560~S7 

History Vault provides primary source materials from digitized archival collections. Content includes correspondence, government records, organization papers, speeches, and other documents. Noted collections: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century, NAACP Papers, Slavery and the Law, and Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915.

  • Judicial Cases Concerning American Slavery and the Negro by Helen Tunnicliff Catterall

    Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series I: Petitions to Southern Legislatures, 1777-1867

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part A: Georgia (1796-1867), Florida (1821-1867), Alabama (1821-1867), Mississippi (1822-1867)

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part B: Maryland (1775-1866), Delaware (1779-1857), District of Columbia (1803-1865)

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part C: Virginia (1775-1867) and Kentucky (1790-1864)

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part D: North Carolina (1775-1867) and South Carolina (1784-1867)

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part E: Arkansas (1824-1867), Missouri (1806-1860), Tennessee (1791-1867), and Texas (1832-1867)

    Race, Slavery, and Free Blacks, Series II: Petitions to Southern County Courts, Part F: Louisiana (1795-1863)

    State Slavery Statutes